Crossing the barrier: net flux of 27-hydroxycholesterol into the human brain

by Maura Heverin, Steve Meaney, Dieter Lütjohann, Ulf Diczfalusy, John Wahren, Ingemar Björkhem
Published 2005-05-01

Changes in the levels of cerebral and extracerebral sterols in the brain of patients with Alzheimer's disease

by Maura Heverin, Nenad Bogdanovic, Dieter Lütjohann, Thomas Bayer, Irina Pikuleva, Lionel Bretillon, Ulf Diczfalusy, Bengt Winblad, Ingemar Björkhem
Published 2004-01-01

On the regulatory role of side-chain hydroxylated oxysterols in the brain. Lessons from CYP27A1 transgenic and Cyp27a1−/− mice1

by Zeina Ali, Maura Heverin, Maria Olin, Jure Acimovic, Anita Lövgren-Sandblom, Marjan Shafaati, Ann Båvner, Vardiella Meiner, Eran Leitersdorf, Ingemar Björkhem
Published 2013-04-01

Novel route for elimination of brain oxysterols across the blood-brain barrier: conversion into 7α-hydroxy-3-oxo-4-cholestenoic acid

by Steve Meaney, Maura Heverin, Ute Panzenboeck, Lena Ekström, Magnus Axelsson, Ulla Andersson, Ulf Diczfalusy, Irina Pikuleva, John Wahren, Wolfgang Sattler, Ingemar Björkhem
Published 2007-04-01

Sulphatation does not appear to be a protective mechanism to prevent oxysterol accumulation in humans and mice.

by Jure Acimovic, Anita Lövgren-Sandblom, Maria Olin, Zeina Ali, Maura Heverin, Rebecca Schüle, Ludger Schöls, Björn Fischler, Peter Fickert, Michael Trauner, Ingemar Björkhem, Ingemar Björkhem
Published 2013-01-01

Is it possible to improve memory function by upregulation of the cholesterol 24S-hydroxylase (CYP46A1) in the brain?

by Silvia Maioli, Ann Båvner, Zeina Ali, Maura Heverin, Muhammad-Al-Mustafa Ismail, Elena Puerta, Maria Olin, Ahmed Saeed, Marjan Shafaati, Paolo Parini, Angel Cedazo-Minguez, Ingemar Björkhem, Ingemar Björkhem
Published 2013-01-01